• About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us
Assamese |   Bengali |  
Saturday, February 27, 2021
NORTHEAST NOW
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
NORTHEAST NOW
Assamese
Home Northeast News Meghalaya

Northeast Now editor-in-chief lodges complaint with Meghalaya CM against disparity in cement price

NE NOW NEWS by NE NOW NEWS
GUWAHATI , February 6, 2021 12:46 pm
Northeast Now editor-in-chief lodges complaint with Meghalaya CM against disparity in cement price
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A senior journalist of Northeast has lodged a complaint with Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma against the disparity in prices of cement in Assam and Meghalaya.

Anirban Roy, editor-in-chief of Northeast Now, on December 17, 2020, mailed a complaint to chief minister Sangma alleging that the Meghalaya Cements Ltd, the producer of Topcem Cement is selling their products at a ‘higher price’.

“It has come to my notice that Meghalaya Cements Ltd, the producer of Topcem Cement, which extracts limestone from East Jaintia hills to produce about 4,600 tons of cement daily, is selling every bag in Meghalaya at a ‘higher price’,” Roy mentioned in the complaint.

He said customers in Shillong and Jowai pay Rs 40 to 60 more (in comparison to Assam) for every bag of Topcem Cement they buy.

“My team of journalists had carried out a survey on December 10 in different locations in Assam and Meghalaya. It was found that customers in Shillong and Jowai pay Rs 40 to 60 more for every bag of Topcem Cement they buy,” he said.

The retail price of a bag of Topcem Cement in Assam ranged between Rs 390 to Rs 400, while the price is Rs 440 to 450 in Meghalaya, the journalist said.

Roy alleged that while Topcem Cement is extracting a huge quantity of limestone from the South Khliehjri Limestone mine in East Jaintia hills, it is unfortunate that the local people of Meghalaya are paying more.

“Moreover, extraction of limestone has long term brunt on the ecology of the area,” he pointed out.

In addition to extracting natural resources of the tribal population of Meghalaya, the cement company enjoyed all benefits under the North East Industrial & Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), Roy added.

The copies of the complaint letter have also been sent to DoNER minister Jitendra Singh, Lok Sabha MP Vincent H Pala, Meghalaya Commerce & Industries minister Sniawbhalang Dhar, Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) CEM T. Shiwat and Sutnga Saipung MLA Shitlang Pale.

The letter has also been mailed to Meghalaya Chief Secretary M.S. Rao, Commerce & Industries Commissioner and Secretary Mebanshailang R. Synrem, CMO Commissioner and Secretary Vijay Kumar D and East Khasi Hills district DC Kum Isawanda Laloo.

Prestone Tynsong

Meghalaya to pay 95 percent income tax for all India service officers

Man who had sex with friend’s girlfriend along with another man convicted of rape

Assam: Jorhat businessman arrested on charges of raping tenant

Assam Congress slams BJP Government in State for ‘failing’ to curb crimes against women

Assam Congress slams BJP Government in State for ‘failing’ to curb crimes against women

Myanmar protesters injured in police crack down

Myanmar protesters injured in police crack down

NORTHEAST NOW

Northeast Now is a multi-app based hyper-regional bilingual news portal. Led by a group of professionals, the digital news platform covers every inch of the eight states of northeast India and the five neighbouring countries. It is the first of its kind new media initiative in the northeast, and is based in Guwahati. As the political dynamics in the northeast is intricate and fluid, Northeast Now is always politically neutral.

 
Our Properties
 
  • NORTHEAST NOW ASSAMESE
  • NORTHEAST JOBS
  • NORTHEAST TENDERS
  • INNFINITY
  • About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd